Jonathan Shapiro

The Reserve Bank’s latest semi-annual health check devotes significant attention to vulnerabilities in the global financial system.

One of the country’s largest non-bank lenders has told investors in two unlisted, wholesale funds that it will pause redemptions, citing valuation changes.

Metrics has been dragged kicking and screaming by its auditor into cutting asset values. Now wholesale fund freezes reveal how complex its structure really is.

One of the country’s largest managers of debt had placed three ASX-listed funds into a trading halt citing questions about financial information due this week.

Construction experts say they simply can’t make money building apartments and that creates issues for private credit funds with exposure to vacant plots of land.

The regulator said it was concerned the product was described as “suitable for retail investors seeking capital preservation” as it scrutinised funds.

The former ANZ bond trader has largely lost his multi-year battle for compensation after the court rejected his employment and whistleblower claims.

Macquarie’s concerns with Alceon funds on its wrap platform do not relate to the $3.4 billion collapse of property developer Bathla Group.

New filings with the corporate regulator show even the founders of the Sydney residential development giant claim they are owed more than $1 million.

Australia’s sharemarket is being raided by global buyout barons. The question is whether there’s anything we could, or should, do to counter their opportunism.